That statement is an absolute, BALD FACED LIE!
Actually your statement is a bald faced lie. No child left behind, prescription drug give away are Republican examples of fiscal irresponsibility. All you have to do is look at the INCREASES in spending under Bush. If he'd held the line of decreased government spending, then I'd agree, but he and his spendthrift Republican Kongress have been squandering the economic future of this country at a rate that the Clintons can only envy.
Please enlighten us, how have the gopers exhibited fiscal responsibility?
That statement is an absolute, BALD FACED LIE!
Really? The proof is in the numbers.
From 1993 to 1995, with a Dem President and Congress, Federal government spending dropped from 21.4% of GDP to 20.7% of GDP.
From 1994 to 2000, with a Dem President and Republican Congress, we did even better, when spending dropped from 20.7% to 18.5% of GDP.
And from 2001 to 2006 with a "conservative" President and Congress, we have gone up, from 18.5% to 20.3%. And that has very little to do with war spending, BTW. The Republicans had their chance, and they blew it.
If you look back over the data of several decades, fiscal responsibility only occurs when the Executive branch and Congress are of different parties. We should demand that Republicans do better.
That statement is an absolute, BALD FACED LIE!
Agree. What could be said is that spending goes up when the GOP had control of all branches, in comparison to a divided government (gridlock). When one part controls the congress and the other the white house, spending stays down. I have NO doubt that spending would be much higher if the Dems controlled both houses and the white house.